Here’s a photo from the Burlock Coast restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I have a great relationship with that company and they are nice enough to let me stay for free. What a deal, eh? In exchange, I give them a bunch of photos, but it’s great because they don’t dictate what I should shoot. I just sort of roam around and find interesting things. This restaurant had so many textures and such cool lighting that it felt like the perfect place for a cool HDR.

The Burlock Coast

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• Date Taken2017-01-10 05:04:08
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time3.2
• Aperture
• ISO125
• Focal Length
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+0.3

Right before I took this photo, I went over to Paddy’s Pub, which you may know from the show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I don’t know if that pub started AFTER the show got popular or before. It didn’t look exactly the same, but it was still pretty cool and I’d recommend it!

Philadelphia in the Night

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• Date Taken2019-08-06 03:37:05
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.3
• Aperture4
• ISO125
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

My friend invited me out to his ranch in Montana. It’s quite remote and you can either ride a horse in, which takes a bit over an hour, or you can hike in. I always choose the hike even though it takes an extra 3 or 4 hours. There’s also more excitement because we sometimes see bears! Usually, about halfway through, the wagons that have been loaded with all our luggage come rumbling by, and that’s when I took this photo.

Arriving in Silver Tip

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• Date Taken2019-07-06 12:34:49
• CameraPixel 3 XL
• Camera MakeGoogle
• Exposure Time1/6000
• Aperture1.8
• ISO53
• Focal Length4.4 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

After my talk in New York City, I was invited on the roof of the Marriott in downtown to capture this photo of Freedom Tower. They have one of the best views in downtown and it was good to get up high to minimize the perspective angles that sometimes diminish the stature of skyscrapers as high as this one.

Freedom Tower, New York City

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• Date Taken2019-06-19 21:07:17
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time2.5
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I arrived in DC at about the same time as a giant snowstorm. It was great for me because I had most of the day free just to walk around and get photos. I didn’t have a lot of winter-gear with me, but I was able to stay out taking photos for a solid three hours before I retreated back inside to the warmth to process some photos.

DC After a Snowstorm

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• Date Taken2019-01-13 15:56:49
• CameraPixel 3 XL
• Camera MakeGoogle
• Exposure Time1/469
• Aperture1.8
• ISO55
• Focal Length4.4 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

Whenever I’m in a big city, I usually try to find their Chinatown to see what it’s like and what kind of food they have kicking around. If it’s a big enough city, there’s often also a Japantown and a Koreatown, each with their own kinds of foods and shops.

Chinatown in Boston

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• Date Taken2019-08-15 01:19:10
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.8
• Aperture6.3
• ISO160
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

This was an amazing start to our USA Tour! What better place to start than NYC and on the Brooklyn Bridge? It was great to see so many people out there. We actually got into a little bit of trouble when crossing the bridge because we had such a big crowd that we shut down a lot of the biking! We didn’t think of that ahead of time… Just one more in a long series of mistakes!

New York Photowalk across the Brooklyn Bridge

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• Date Taken2020-07-08 14:05:36
• Camera
• Camera Make
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• ISO
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• Flash
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• Exposure Bias

I went to D.C. in the winter to visit my friends at the Ritz-Carlton and the Marriott, since this is where they are based. I had an extra day and there was quite a blizzard out there! So I ran around with my camera as long as I could stand the cold to get some photos. Here is one of my favorites…

The Washington Monument in a Snow Storm

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• Date Taken2019-01-13 15:38:58
• CameraPixel 3 XL
• Camera MakeGoogle
• Exposure Time1/490
• Aperture1.8
• ISO55
• Focal Length4.4 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

I don’t think most people would recognize this as New York City. I know the city pretty well and I never would have guessed it in at least my first ten tries. I think the thing that makes it unique is those three really tall thin buildings that are relatively new. They stand out so far above the skyline and it throws you off a bit. If you squint a little, you can see the Empire State Building in the far distance.

New York Skyline from the Upper West Side

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• Date Taken2019-06-20 21:17:19
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time4
• Aperture2.8
• ISO100
• Focal Length29.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I had not been down to the World Trade Center area for at least a decade, so it was surprising to see how much had been built up in the area. I thought there would be a few new things, but I didn’t expect the extent of the new construction. This was one of the coolest areas that served as an entrance to the subway system.

Train Station at Freedom Tower, New York

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• Date Taken2019-06-20 16:21:58
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/30
• Aperture6.3
• ISO250
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias